The ARC-A BLUE is an extremely secure and highly flexible RFID smartcard reader that belongs to STid's Architect range of modular wall-mounted door access readers, and that also supports Bluetooth-based mobile credentials.

The reader supports a wide range of secure encoding formats on various different card technologies, including MIFARE Classic and DESFire EV1 and EV2. It is also capable of reading card serial numbers, enabling convenient migration from legacy systems.

Designed to work with most standard door access systems, the Architect ARC-A BLUE is connected and powered via a standard Wiegand or clock and data interface, and comes complete with a wall mount that is also compatible with European back boxes. Other interface versions are also available – please contact us for details.

Rated to IP65 and capable of operating in a wide range of environments, the reader is housed in a strong, vandal-proof design and includes an innovative accelerometer-based tamper detection system and a full-colour RGB LED for status indication and user feedback.

The ARC-A BLUE reader is normally supplied pre-configured to requirements. Customers can also purchase the optional SECard programming kit, which enables on-site configuration of all STid readers as well as management of encryption keys and encoding of user cards for supported readers. Bluetooth-based credentials can be purchased via a credits system, and a Bluetooth starter kit is also available – please contact us for details.

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